Iron Shafts 2021
Selecting the best iron shaft or iron–shaft combination for your game starts with knowing your game. The newest irons and shafts in 2021 are producing greater distance, forgiveness and accuracy for our customers because we properly tune the iron and shaft combination to your handicap and swing dynamics. We’ve put the newest iron shafts from Project X, True Temper, KBS, OBAN, Mitsubishi, Nippon and others through rigorous testing. Choose your handicap range or swing speed to see how each iron shaft stacks up: (Our More Popular Shafts are Highlighted in Red)
• Professionals/ low handicaps (6 iron distance is 200+ yards with swing speeds 90+ mph)
• Low to Mid-handicaps (6 iron distance 175 – 200 yards with swing speeds between 80-90 mph)
• Higher handicaps (6 iron distance 150 – 175 yards with swing speed less than 80 mph
• Seniors, Juniors, Ladies (6 iron distance under 140 yards)
If you want to find the best iron shafts for your swing, schedule your Fitting Here!!
Our Fitting Difference
We fit a LOT of different golfers every year for iron shafts. Our master insights come from shaft performance testing and player testing during thousands of fittings. Our fitting system recommendations include length of iron, shaft weight, shaft trajectory and spin profile, shaft flex, and swing weight. Our recommendations are also determined by a golfers physical characteristics (height, weight, wrist crease-to-floor), strength (distance), launch characteristics (actual and desired trajectory, spin, dispersion), and swing dynamics (tempo, transition and release point).
Unfortunately, many fitters including your local pro shop do not take all these factors into account, nor do they have the selection of shafts, nor do they have the underlying performance data needed to correctly fit you. Learn more in our blog what happens when golf shafts are not properly fit to your swing.
Our 2021 Guide to the Best Iron Shafts
Professional or Low Handicaps (200+ yards with a 6 iron)
If your swing speed with a 6 iron is 90+ mph, you should be getting close to 200 yards of distance or more from your 6 iron. If you’re not seeing these distances or happy with the trajectory, schedule your Fitting Here and we’ll get you dialed in with the best iron shaft or iron-shaft combination for your swing.
Shaft Weight Trajectory Spin
True Temper X7 132gr Low Low
Project X 6.0, 6.5, 7.0 120-130gr Mid Mid
Project X LS 120-130gr Low Low
Project X LZ Steel 6.5 125gr Low-Mid Low-Mid
Rifle 6.0 and 7.0 125-130gr Mid Mid
OBAN CT-125 125gr Mid Mid
OBAN CT-115 115gr Mid Mid
KBS C-Taper X 120gr Low-Mid Low-Mid
KBS Tour V 115-130gr Low-Mid Low-Mid
KBS $ Taper X 130gr Mid Mid
Nippon Modus 130 121 – 129gr Low-Mid Low-Mid
Nippon Modus 125 127 – 129gr Low-Mid Low-Mid
ACCRA TiMesh 125gr Mid Mid
Aerotech i110 110gr Low-Mid Low-Mid
Aerotech i125 125gr Low-Mid Low-Mid
KBS TGI 100, 110 100-110 Mid Mid
Mitsubishi MMT Taper 125gr Mid Mid
UST Recoil 110 110 Low-Mid Low-Mid
Low to Mid Handicap Players (175 – 200 yards with a 6 iron)
If your swing speed with a 6 iron is between 83 – 90 mph, you should typically see between 175 – 200 yards of distance or more from your 6 iron. For mid-handicappers, we often see a lot of variance in distances, especially when standard flex and even standard stiff flex shafts are used. Your shot dispersion can be less than 10 yards right to left and 7-10 yards front to back, ensuring you’re getting more greens in regulation.
Shaft Weight Trajectory Spin
True Temper TI X100 128gr Low-Mid Low-Mid
True Temper DG 120 120gr Low-Mid Low-Mid
True Temper AMT White 102-130gr Low-Mid Low-Mid
OBAN CT 115 115gr Mid Mid
Project X I/O 105-115gr Variable Variable
Project X LZ Steel 6.0 120gr Mid Mid
True Temper ELEVATE Tour 115-120gr Mid-High Mid-High
True Temper ELEVATE ETS 115 115gr Mid Mid
Project X Catalyst 100CW 100gr Low-Mid Low-Mid
Rifle 5.0 and 6.0 115-125gr Mid Mid
KBS $ Taper 115-120gr Mid Mid
KBS $ Taper Lite 95-105gr Mid-High Mid-High
Nippon Modus 120 111 -126gr Mid Mid
ACCRA I Series 95-105gr Low-Mid Low-Mid
KBS TGI 90, 95 90-95 Mid Mid
Xcaliber RT 95 96 Mid Mid
Mid to High-Handicap Players (150-175 yards with a 6 iron)
If your swing speed with a 6 iron is less than 83 mph, you should expect between 150 – 175 yards of distance from your 6 iron. Shot trajectory can be extremely important here so that you can still get enough loft to stop the ball on the green without sacrificing distances or artificially creating excessive spin that costs you distance.
Shaft Weight Trajectory Spin
True Temper DG 105-115gr Low-Mid Low-Mid
True Temper XP95 93-95gr Mid-High Mid-High
True Temper ELEVATE 95 95-97gr High High
OBAN CT 100 100 Mid-High Mid-High
Project X I/O 105-115gr Variable Variable
Project X LZ Steel 5.5 115gr Mid Mid
Project X LZ Steel 5.0 110gr Mid Mid
KBS C-Taper Lite 100-110 Mid-High Mid-High
KBS $-Taper Lite 95-110 Mid-High Mid-High
Xcaliber 85 86 Mid Mid
Nippon Modus 105 105 Mid Mid
Project X Catalyst 80CW 85 Low-Mid Low-Mid
Aerotech SteeFiber i90 FC 90gr Variable Variable
OBAN i83 and i93 83-93gr Mid-High Mid-High
KBS TGI 80, 90 80-90 Mid Mid
ACCRA i80 and i90 85-95gr Mid Mid
Mitsubishi C6 80 80-89gr Mid-High Mid-High
Nova Tech i800 80-90 gr Mid Mid
UST Recoil 780ES 80-85gr Mid-High Mid-High
Xcaliber 75 76 Mid Mid
Slower Swing Speeds (UNDER 115 yards with a 6 iron)
If your swing speed with a 6 iron is a bit slower, we’ve still got a perfect solution for you. From your swing and personal dynamics, the shaft we recommend and all the other parameters we ask in our fittings helps us optimize the shaft for your swing – no change to the swing and you get the perfect balance of distance, trajectory and spin.
Shaft Weight Trajectory Spin
Fujikura Vista Pro 50-80gr Mid-High Mid-High
Xcaliber 75 76 Mid Mid
UST Recoil DART 65-75gr Mid-High Mid-High
Aerotech SteelFiber i70FC 70-75gr Mid-High Mid-High
KBS TGI 50, 60. 70 50-70gr Mid-High Mid-High
KBS MAX Graphite 45-85gr Mid-High Mid-High
Mitsubishi C6 45-75gr Mid-High Mid-High
OBAN i43i-i73i 43-74gr Mid-High Mid-High
Project X Catalyst 40-60 57-68gr Mid-High Mid-High
Project X CYPHER 40-60 52-74gr Mid-High Mid-High
Nova Tech i700 70-75gr Mid-High Mid-High
Veylix 473, 673 50-65gr Mid-High Mid-High
To see our testing and review of the 2021 iron shafts, read more within each of our manufacturer’s blogs: Project X, True Temper, KBS, OBAN, Mitsubishi, Nippon.
If you want to find the best iron shafts for your swing, schedule your Fitting Here!!
Dan Sueltz
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